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Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1988
This publication is a compilation of abstracts and critical comments for 12 published investigations in mathematics education. Information for each study includes: purpose; rationale; research design and procedures; findings; and interpretations. For each study abstractor's comments also provide a brief critique. Topics include: planning problem…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Assignments, Cognitive Ability, Computation
Hiebert, James – 1979
The purpose of this study was to test the effect of several cognitive development capacities on first-grade children's ability to learn basic concepts and skills of linear measurement. The cognitive capacities of interest were logical reasoning ability and information processing capacity. The hypotheses predicted that children who had not yet…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Educational Research
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Saljo, Roger, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1994
Articles in this companion volume to the "International Journal of Educational Research" discuss evaluation of computerized mathematics instruction for mentally retarded children; conceptions of science learning and instruction by academics; effects of language arts tasks on motivation and learning; and effects of study strategies on learning.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Boy, Nancy Omaha, Ed. – Journal of Accelerated Learning and Teaching, 1998
This document comprises the entire output for the journal for 1998. The first article is in the form of a modified excerpt from an article by Donna I. Ali of the University of Calgary on "Multiple Intelligences and the Writing Process: Some Implications for Teaching." The article investigates why writing is difficult for some and easy for others,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Education, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction